Sunday, December 28, 2014

Big Eyes

Director Tim Burton’s Big Eyes is an excellent
recreation of the true-life scam perpetrated by Walter Keane, who passed off
his wife’s paintings as his own.

Amy Adams is wonderful as Margaret Keane, the
painter of big-eyed waifs in the 1950s, and Christoph Waltz is exceptional as
her domineering husband, who made them millions by convincing her the public
would not buy paintings done by a woman.

With a crisp script by Scott Alexander and
Larry Karaszewski, plus the colorful cinematography of Bruno Delbonnel and
spot-on period designs of Rick Heinrichs, Burton has turned in one of his best
films to date.

About Me

Brian Porzak: I am a cinephile who likes to view films with a live audience. My taste runs the gamut, including indies, studio films, foreign films and most all genres. Because I see so many films, friends often ask me what to see. So, I thought I'd blog about what is worth seeing or not. As a writer/filmmaker myself, I hope to give a more uplifting perspective than the typical critic. Filmmaking is tremendously difficult. Just because some problems might exist in a particular work does not, necessarily, destroy its enjoyability and I think that is necessary to point out to would-be viewers.
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